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MTS Has Over 6 mln Users
Top 10 Russian Cellular Operators
| # | Company | Subs |
| 1 | MTS | 6,060,000 |
| 2 | Vimpelcom* | 4,585,000 |
| 3 | Megafon | 2,679,995 |
| 4 | SMARTS Group | 501,665 |
| 5 | Uralsvyazinform** | 375,000 |
| 6 | Taif-Telcom | 238,257 |
| 7 | Stavtelesot | 171,466 |
| 8 | N.Novgorod Cellular | 145,000 |
| 9 | Tatincom | 112,436 |
| 10 | Extel | 103,397 |
* including Beeline Samara (114,800)
** consolidated Uralsvyazinform, South-Urals Cellular Phone, Ermak RMS, Uralwestcom
Russian Сellular Market Breakdown, November 2002
Moscow market
November was a successful month for MegaFon - it earned 20% of net additions in the region, for the first time since launching its services in Russian capital a year ago. The growth was mainly achieved thanks to aggressive marketing campaign and properly positioned new line of tariffs.
Vimpelcom keeps a leading position with 3,450 thsd users. It added 130,000 to its subscriber base in November. MTS attracted 85,000 reaching 2,775,000 while MegaFon now have over 195,000 subscribers in Moscow (56,400 growth).
Net Additions in Moscow, November 2002
Russian Internet Data, November 2002
According to data provided to AC&M by Yandex, number of unique hosts in .RU domain exceeded 504 thousand as of December 1, 2002. The chart below represents dynamics of the growth.
Source: Yandex
Total Number of Cellular Subscribers is Over 15 mln
AC&M reports that total number of cellular subscribers in Russia reached 15.41 mln as of October 31, 2002.
Top 10 Russian Cellular Operators
| # | Company | Subs |
| 1 | MTS | 5,750,000 |
| 2 | Vimpelcom* | 4,283,300 |
| 3 | Megafon | 2,510,231 |
| 4 | SMARTS Group | 465,000 |
| 5 | Uralsvyazinform** | 335,049 |
| 6 | Taif-Telcom | 219,630 |
| 7 | Stavtelesot | 160,084 |
| 8 | N.Novgorod Cellular | 134,015 |
| 9 | Tatincom | 110,048 |
| 10 | Extel | 98,399 |
* including Beeline Samara (102,500)
** consolidated Uralsvyazinform, South-Urals Cellular Phone, Ermak RMS, Uralwestcom
Russian Сellular Market Breakdown, October 2002
Moscow market
Vimpelcom is a leader in Moscow with 3.580 mln subscribers in its network while MTS has 2.773 mln users. Megafon keeps the pace of its Moscow network development - the company has 195,092 subscribers, which means 33,000 of new subscribers and 11% of Moscow net additions in October.
Net Additions in Moscow, October 2002
Russian Cellular Market Update, September 2002
10% of Russians Currently Use Cellular Phones
MTS remains the largest cellular network with 5.45 mln subscribers including 2.69 mln users in Moscow. Although MTS leads the race in regions, Vimpelcom manages to retain its first place on Moscow market with 3.3 mln users.
Megafon's Moscow numbers also improved - the company earned 11% of net additions in September reaching 162,000 subsribers, which is 35,000 growth compared to August data.
Top 10 Russian Cellular Operators
| # | Company | Subs |
| 1 | MTS | 5,450,000 |
| 2 | Vimpelcom* | 4,000,500 |
| 3 | Megafon | 2,286,291 |
| 4 | SMARTS Group | 433,800 |
| 5 | Uralsvyazinform** | 280,000 |
| 6 | Taif-Telcom | 201,437 |
| 7 | Stavtelesot | 148,748 |
| 8 | N.Novgorod Cellular | 126,000 |
| 9 | Tatincom | 108,000 |
| 10 | Extel | 94,686 |
* including Beeline Samara (102,500)
** consolidated Perm, Chelyabinsk, Kurgan and Tyumen regions
Russian Cellular Subscribers by Macro-regions, thsnd
| Company | Center* | North | South | Volga | Urals | Siberia | Far East |
| MTS | 3,010 | 520 | 570 | 180 | 145 | 270 | 50 |
| Vimpelcom | 3,210 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 90 | 0 |
| Megafon | 115 | 1,245 | 275 | 245 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 350 | 275 | 265 | 775 | 430 | 245 | 225 |
| Total | 6,685 | 2,040 | 1,120 | 1,210 | 625 | 605 | 275 |
| Penetration | 16% | 13% | 7% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 2% |
* including Moscow
Russian Internet Data
According to data provided to AC&M by Yandex, number of unique hosts in .RU domain exceeded 479 thousand in September 2002, which is almost 41% higher than a year ago.
Source: Yandex